System osi typewriter notation



Dec. 11, 192.3.

c. HERRMAN SYSTEM OF TYPEWHITER NOTATION Original Filed April 26.

1919 2 Sheets-Shut 2 INVEN TOR Chem/es Herr/nan WITNESSES e nrramvers Patented Dec. 11, 1923.

UNITED STATES 1,476,818 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HERRMAN. OF NEW YORK. N. Y.. ASSIGNOR TO UNDERVOUD TYPEWRITER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK; N. Y..

A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

SYSTEM OF TYPEWRITER NDTATION.

Application filed April 26. 1919, Serial No. 292,962. Renewed August 7, 1922. Serial No. 580,810.

To all who! it ma mono-cm:

Be it known that l. (,nxuims llicuunAN. a citizen of the United tate. residing at. New York citv, in the county of New York and State of KLW York. have invented certain new and useful improvements in firstems of Typewriter Notation; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear. and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertuins to make and use the same.

In typewriting it is often desirable to be able to print a signature. trade mark or other characteristic depictire matter within the text itself or at any other point of the Work sheet. This cannot be done at all; or only inefiectirely. without individuality, by the use of the standard. selectivelyinterchangeable, language-writing; alpha betic means of the typewritinp machines now in use or known. It is an object of this invention to provide in a typewriter,-- in addition to the usual. language-writing, constructive alpl'iabetic type,reproductii'e printing faces suitably corresponding in dimension to the spacing movement. of the typewriter carriage and platen; such printing faces carrying fragments of the en tire reproduction which is to be typed. By so, concretely and fully. embodying,as by means of its fragmentary, selective and non-interchangeable, reproductive equivalents, the signature, trade mark or design. as an entirety, in the type font. this method enables the typewriting of reproductive work in addition to the heretofore had con structive work.

The individual printing faces of the special additional reproductive group of type faces will contain the selective, non-interchangeable fragments of the entire reproduction; the divisions between the printing faces being made irrespective of the letters or other natural or ordinary divisions appearing upon the characteristic design as an entirety. Obviously, these type-dimension fragments when combined, by the successive striking of the keys of the typewriter in one fixe'd sequence. will reproduce the given facsimile: signature, trade mark or design substantially without 8 aces iii-- dicating the impress of the indi'vi ual typo faces.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a trade mark reproduction which may appear upon a single lillu of lypeu'riting together with the individual prints from such fin-es for reproducing the trade mark in its entirety;

Figure 2 is illusti ative of a twoline width trade mark and the formative tfqlllYLllOlll thereof;

Figure 3 illustrates 2]. three-line \vidih trade mark design and the three formuli l'c groups thereof:

Figure l is illustrative of u trade mark. with registry notice appearing; ther on. ex- :iniplifying the use of the invention when more than one line of letters appears upon the reproduction as an entirety; also the actual negative printing faces, as they will appear. as distinguished from the printing from such individual blocks as shown on the other figures;

Figure 5 illustrates u facsimile signulin'r. together with the. individual coordinated to productive elements thereof;

Figure 6 is a persplu-tire of :1 standard lypcwriting machine embodying the invention,

Figure 7 is a plan View of a key arrange mentadapted to be used in practising thiinvention.

The size of the printing faces and impressions therefrom shown in the drawings, is somewhat enlarged to more clearly llustrate the invention. In actual usage the size will conform to the specific practical need.

In Figure l. a trade mark reproduction is shown which will be printed upon a. single line. The typewriter will be provided with an auxiliar set of keys. mechanically connected with the type bearing the essential printing surfaces, so that when successively struck in the usual manner, they will reproduce the trade mark as by the suitable correlation of the elements 110.

As clearly shown by Figures 2 and 3 illustrative of typing reproductions of a plurality of line spaces in vertical extent, the printing faces of the type will be suitably proportioned to properly correspond to the line-space rotary on other advancing movement of the. platen, as well as to the letter spacing.

In Figure 4. ll? represents the trade mark; at 118. the individual positive frag- Anents which conjointly go to makeup the reproductiong at 219. in presentation in facsimile of thou tuul, r productive type laces. is and: known iypciaces are, on their low howing. as ourlooks iii tin-in. (Anvil ncgielii'c to 5hr: l'ucc showing of thc rcprodurc l or typewritten inaiicr. lt has bci-n ltGIHWl needles to give more than one exuinpic of this art-corollary in this invention.

in l' igurc 5 ul'lcmion' is dirccted to tlip component type clcmcnts, 121, of the signature 12. The rqumluctivc typo, individwilly. 11H min-alphabciic and IlUIl illlGl cliungcnhlc: they conform to no recognized standard. the di isions being made Wholly irrespective of the position of the letters upon ihc nriniiin; fares.

In many typewriters each individual type bar tzlil'ics two distinctly separate characters on its printing" fuce,-mr lstly. :1 small lctter oi the alphabet and its capital are so :ISFUC'lZlliIll. At normal position of the carriugc or type basket, as the case may be, in dim-ring machines. lhc small letters are typed: in get cup'iiuls and other, so called, uppcr case characters, :1 shift key is delll'CSHl i. uppcr case characters the shift key is deprcsscd and. u shift'lmk thrown into en gogcmcnt. The ready application of the ubovc to this reproductive miethod is self cvidcnt. This method may, however, avail ilscllof the entire face urea of the type as, for instance. in lurgor siAed reproductions. ()r it may comhinc tho cnlurgcd single vhuruclcr 1ypc-fncc and the double-character t vpci'acc in the cuopci'ulivc and coordinated reproduction of thc predetermined charactcrisi'iidcsign.

In the usc of the nlurgcd single-typeface u slight curvuturc oi lhc priming laces may he requircd in onform to the curvature of the pupcr upon thc pluicn when the usual (urn-d plulcn is uscd and u relatively wider inking ribbon may hc used, whereby the proper iniprcssion will ho produced upon the work sheet.

In the use of thc mcthod, if. is intended that, as shown in Figure 6 at [22, at some convenient plucc upon the machine The particular reproduction embodied in the typefont will he idontifyingly displayed. And, as shown at. 123. an indexed chart indicative of lhc scqucncc of key operation essen tial to proper reproduction will also be instructivel v depicted.

Taking Figure 2 as example, both the entirety and its make-up ure shown in Figure 6. A system of numbering the special reproductive keys is shown in Figures 2, 6, and the top row keys of Figure 7. To type this double-linc-width trade mark, the lower case group, 111, of fragments 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are first impressed; the space bar is then struck once, as indicated by the instructive For the continuous impress of write a language,

numcralfi thereon; and the line is completed by the group l {2 of fragments 7 and 8. The platen is then advanced one line. The space bur is uctualcd as directed by the numeral 9 thereon: the shift key is pressed, the shiftlook is cngagcd, and thereby the upper case group 113 of fragments charted as l0, ll, 12. iii, 14:, I5, 10 and 17 are impressed to complete the design. In, Figure 2, S indicates letter spaces, and the cnlrircled numerals 6,9, to the right of the chart, (Figurcs 2 and 7),'indica te the sequence in which the space bar is to be operated to secure proper sequence of spacing.

In the preparation of the printing elements a design engraved or otherwise impressed upon a master block may be transferred to a group of individual printing blocks or elements of dimensions suitably corresponding to the letter and line spacing movements of the typewriting machine, the faces of said elements being flush with each other; or there may be collocated with their faces flush with each other a suitable numher of blocks, each of a size adaptd'to serv' ice as type block 'or element, and the design may be engra ed, etched, or otherwise impressed upon thc surface of such collocated blocks, as may be found desirable. These printing blocks, or equivalents thereof, will then be suitably mounted individually upon the usual type bars of type-bar typewriters or otherwise suitably associated with the impact mechanism of the type-wheel or typescgment variety of typcwrltingmachine.

Application of this invention tothreecharacter type faces, such as, say, on the Oliver #9 or Vloodstock #5, or to typewhecl or type segment machines, while it varies in detail, does. not depart from the spirit and scope of this invention; Having described my invention in sue manner as to enable those skilled in the art to which it uppertains to make and use the same, what I claim an desire insecure by Letters Patent is: I l

1. In a typewriting machine! adapted to morals and conventional symbols, as additionul thereto and cooperative therewith, means for reproducing a fixed, predetermined, individuality identifying symbol, comprising selectively operable ty e-faces carrying the suitably apportion: frag. mentary equivalents of the said symbol.

2. In a typewriting machine aidapgcd to write a language, punctuation mar numerals and conventional symbols, as additional thereto and cooperative therewith, means for reproducing a fixed, predetermined individuality identifying symbol, comprisina selectivel operable we-faces carrying he suitaby ap rtlon fragmentary equivalents thereo the respective fragments bearing characteristics of the punctuation marks, nu-

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symbol irrespective of the conformance of the letters, or other marks appearing upon the symbol. to the respective fragmentprinting face width.

3. In combination with the usual font o slloctive types in a typen-riting machine. a series of special selective. reprodu tive printing elements. each adapted to reproduce. a fragment of a characteristic design. Silld fragment being of surface dimensions corresponding, respectirehg, to a spacing movement of the typewriter. wherolrr. when the several spccial reproductive printing elements are selectirelv operated in proper sequence. a complete esign may be reproduced upon the work sheet.

4. In combination with the usual font of selective types in a typ+;w1iting machine, a. series of special, selective, reproductive p-rintin; elements. each adapted to reproduce a fragment of a characteristic design, said fragment. being of surface dimension correspondinr to a letter spacing movei'ncnt of the typewriter whereby when the sow rrnl special reproductive printing elements are selectively operated in proper sequence, a complete design may be reproduced upon the worksheet 5. ln combination with the usual font of elwtive types in a typewriting machine. a set. of numerous special, selective. reproductivc printing elements, each adapted to reproduce a fragment of a characteristic glesign. said fragment being of surfa e diluensign corresponding to a spacing movement of the typewriter.

(3. In combination with the usual font of selective types in a t vpmvritiir; machine, a series of special, selective. rcprodrn-tiw printing elements each adapted to rcpro rluce a fragment of a characteristic design, mid fragment being of snrface dimensions corresponding respectively to the letter and line spacing: mo ements 04' the typewriter. whereby when the :eme-ral special reproductire printingelements are selectively 0peratcd in proper sequence, a. complete. s'ihstantiall unbroken. design may he repr duced upon a work sheet.

7. In a typcwriting machine baring: th usual selectively operated alphabet. nnnwra and conventional symbol printing eienients. :2 series of selective special printing clenients earh hearing :1 fragment of a design or arbitrary symbol; a pattern (lrsign in fragments on the machine Frame curb frag ment corresponding with the fragment adapted to be printed by one of the spew-i=1] printing; elements. identitvin; marks in dicative of the order in which the fragments of the design are to be printed. the operative means for the special. printing elements hearing indicating marks corresponding with the identifying marks of the fragmen tary pattern-design.

8. ln a let-ten. arcing typewriting niaohine, two sets of cooperative iragmmitary types for reproducing a clnu'm'tcristic design. each set comprising successively operohle. typefaces carrying suitahl apportioned arbitrary fragmentary eqniralcnts of Said design. one set for ty iingg the upper part of the unitary design and the other set for trping the lower part oi the unitary design under said upper part: means being provided for aifordin; a relative nunenicnl;

between thofworlrsbert and types to en able the lower set of types to co-operate with the upper set of types. so that the frag nentarv impressions typed lrv the lower set may b rumlillllil with thof'ragrnentary isnprnssions typed by the'upper set. to coin plcte the unitary design upon the oil:- sheet.

In testimony whercol' l alli'x niv si madam,

(HARLES ERR H N. 

